The Great Hall

You need only have noticed someone once, and he will have an entree to your dreams for the rest of your life. Or he may never reappear at all. Who knows whose names are there when the credits scroll? Who knows how often one has passed one’s someday spouse before actually being introduced? But as to dreams, just multiply each single unnoticed noticing by the number of sentient beings everywhere you’ve ever lived and think how vast an afterlife one stands to enjoy in the world of dreams. That’s one good reason for dressing well (or at least memorably) and making witty remarks: Strangers will remember you. There are cats who’ve been dead for decades who still rest comfortably on cushions in the dreamt apartments of those who’d thought, What a lovely cat. But alas for the creatures of darkness. They lived unseen and will not live again.